The charter for Corinthian Lodge #241 was issued by the Grand Lodge of Michigan on January 25, 1893. The newly formed lodge was an outgrowth or a split from Oriental Lodge #240.  Whatever the reasons or disagreements for such an action, they are now lost in antiquity. 

The lodge first opened in the Masonic Temple on West Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit. In those early years, we garnered the reputation of a "Silk Stocking Lodge".  A look at our roster reveals many local business owners and leaders in the community in those times. Their known positions with multiple businesses of the city indicate that they could well afford the cost of silk stockings.

When the new Masonic temple and edifice on Temple Street in Detroit was completed in 1921, we were among the first to be listed as a tenant body. The Corinthian Lodge had a room dedicated to the architecture of our name. We remained there until 1984, after which the lodge was moved to Rochester, Michigan, where we remain to this day. 

--Information provided thanks to Marsh Pickell, PM, our lodge historian.

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